Because It's There [Open]

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Characters: Wash and whomever wants to show up
Content: There's a brand new world out there. A little recon is in order.
Location: Twilight Town, starting at the train station
Time: TWILIGHT (okay late morning to early evening)
Warnings: It's Wash. This kind of carries its own warning at this point.

He wasn't about to admit it to anyone, but Wash was surprised at just how much he'd missed sunlight. Sure, it was more sunset than noon, but it was still the sun. Much as he liked Luna, he was getting tired of eternal night. When he'd heard that the new world on the other side of the freshly-opened keyhole was during the day (kind of), well, he'd figured a little reconnaissance couldn't hurt.

He'd been worried about Fang adjusting to Twilight Town - bats were nocturnal creatures, after all - but the Komory Bat didn't seem to mind the different level of light at all, squeaking happily and turning loops and circles in the air. He wanted to explore!

All told, that wasn't a bad idea. Wash shrugged and set off into town, Fang flapping along behind him.

[Pick a location, pick a time, pick a scenario - I'm open to just about anything. Have fun!]

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I need happy!Ziva right now, hope you don't mind~ (I can change this if there's a problem)

[4letters4ninja]

Ziva had decided to spend a bit more time in the new world, mostly because: sunlight. It drove her nuts to be in a place that was always night. And, it seemed her spirits enjoyed it too... They seemed to have a bit more energy... and Fluffy liked zooming around the new area to explore.

Speaking of the bat, she felt him gently run into her back, between her shoulder blades. Turning, she saw him do a backwards loop, squeaking something that could have been interpreted as You're it! before taking off in the other direction. Laughing, she chased after him. Adults could play tag too, right?

She followed behind him as he set off towards the train station again, weaving around obstacles as he went. She was always close behind, and behind them, Abby followed, keeping watch in case nightmares appeared. Reaching the train station, she managed to catch him, jumping after him and catching him with her arms.

"Haha, got you!" She said with a laugh as she landed, watching as he tried to squirm his way out of her grip. She was still laughing at him when she felt a tap on her shoulder and saw Abby motioning towards someone nearby. "Hey Wash!" She shouted, finally letting her bat go and watching as he went to say hello as well.

Given my other threads, I think I might need happy!Wash, so this is perfect.

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He heard the sound of someone running towards him, and Wash's hand hovered near his pistol. Old habits died hard, even if a person was less likely to be a threat than a Nightmare attack. He wasn't too surprised to see the footsteps turn out to be Ziva; he was surprised to see her jump and catch Fluffy. He felt the beginnings of a smile tug at the corner of his mouth - looked like she was having fun.

"Nice catch," he called back as Fang flew forward to meet Fluffy, flying in a circle around the other bat before taking off as fast as he could. It was almost tradition for the two of them at this point. "Here to get some sun?"

[4letters4ninja]

Ziva smiled again as she watched Fluffy take off after Fang, starting the umpteenth game of tag between them. She was going to start keeping score if they kept it up. Stretching a bit, she walked over to Wash before answering his question.

"A bit. And to get out into somewhere new. I was getting bored with being in the same place." Understatement of the year.

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Wash watched the bats go - knowing Fang, he'd bounce off half a dozen objects, lose the match, and be just fine with everything - and turned his attention back to Ziva. "Yeah, Traverse Town's kind of a small place to be stuck in for two months." He shrugged. "I just got here. Have you gotten a chance to look around yet?"

Because we mentioned needing more CR for these two ^^;;;

[skysmirror]

Before taking North and Theta on the promised tour of Twilight Town, Xion had wanted to make sure she knew her way around as well as she remembered. Looking around with Jack had helped, but there were some places she'd wanted to visit alone. The way to the mansion being blocked, she'd gone to the top of the clock tower. No ice cream, just being alone with her memories and think for a while.

Rest had been needed after the climb, too. The way back down was a little easier, but she still felt like she'd gotten a good workout when she got back down to Station Square and saw one of North's friends...Washington, maybe? "Hello."

Pooh went over to say hello to the bat, followed by Barkley.

Of course!

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Wash was learning to differentiate Fang's squeaks; this one definitely meant "ooh look a person! Hello, person!" He turned to see Fang already on his way to greet a Kooma Panda and a Meow Wow, and his eye caught on the girl behind them. "Hey," he returned the greeting. He'd seen her around before, and she'd been at the battle with the giant monkey. "Xion, right?"

Re: Of course!

[skysmirror]

Figuring out what Spirits meant by different squeaks and gestures was pretty easy if you paid attention. It hadn't taken Xion long to get some kind of communication down with hers. She smiled at Fang, but reserved most of her attention for his person (only fair, since he seemed more focused on greeting Pooh and Barkley). "Right, and you're Agent Washington?"

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"Yeah." He didn't have much more to offer. It didn't help that he couldn't see her face beneath that hood, which made her that much more difficult to read. (Looked like he was getting a taste of his own medicine there, considering he lived in his armor and his visor.) He nodded towards the town. "Ever seen this place before?"

[salvagedlight]

Add another one to the "misses sunlight" crowd - once he knew that the other place had other times than Traverse Town (well, one other time), Ven had made the decision to head over when he got the chance, and it had happened today. It wasn't that he didn't love the night as well, and the stars were definitely glorious in Traverse Town, but Light was his natural element and he missed it. Even if the light in Twilight Town wasn't full daylight, it was still better than nothing.

He thought he remembered the name of this world from one of Eraqus' lectures, about how worlds could be situated in different realms and how some of them were closer to Darkness and some of them were closer to Light, while some of them were right in between. He knew the Land of Departure was one of those in-between worlds, and some memory was telling him Twilight Town was, too, so it was worth checking out for that reason alone, right? Traverse Town was nice, but maybe this place would feel more like home and not just some cosmic waystation.

So, with Wheeler and Linka tagging along behind him, Ven made the crossing, emerging at the train station in Sunset Terrace - a small frown starting on his face as he looked around the area. Something wasn't... right...

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It was Fang that alerted him to someone else's presence - the bat flew off, squeaking happily at the new arrivals and leaving Wash to follow. He recognized Ven - he still owed him a favor for healing Fang all those weeks ago, the little part of him that wouldn't forget anything reminded him - though the expression on his face gave him pause. He'd figured someone like Ven would be happy to see a place like this - he seemed like the kind of kid to go running all over creation. "Hey," Wash greeted him, figuring he'd keep an eye on him, just in case.

[salvagedlight]

The batty squeaking doubled when Linka caught sight of Fang, starting her own verbal welcome and flapping over to more or less crash into the other bat in her version of a hug. Wheeler chittered and followed, a bit upset at being left out of playtime, but for the moment Ven wasn't paying attention to them. Something was niggling the back of his mind...

That was when he heard Wash's voice. " Oh - hi there, " he responded, giving the man a smile that was certainly more than normally distracted. It also faded pretty quickly, the distraction remaining, though he didn't start frowning again. "You wanted to look around, too?"

[alwayslikeddonuts]

Fortunately Casey hadn't been here long enough to grow tired of Traverse Town's eternal night. Night was a constant part of police work. 'Flexible hours' not being a sales pitch for joining the Force. Still, Traverse Town has stars, something New York lacks in the night sky. But she liked sunset more than night, and it might be worth looking around. Getting more information, finding out what's going on, walk her pink bat accomplice.

Of course, she isn't the only one exploring, someone in armor, unless York carried extra colors of armor they were probably at least aware of each other. Still weird, but better than pink bats. "Think there'll be a world of sunrise and a world of high noon to cover the full run?"

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Fang squeaked excitedly - it was a person! A new person! - and flew over to greet Casey's spirit. Wash turned, alerted by the enthusiastic bat, and just shrugged at the question. "I've already been someplace that's nothing but sunlight twenty-four/seven. It's not everything it's cracked up to be." He wouldn't be surprised it it accounted for the way Sarge and that other girl he'd met there acted - it may well have baked their brains.

[alwayslikeddonuts]

Bruce greeted the other bat, flying around it trying to show how excited he was at the new friend.

"I didn't think it would be, but if we had a full set of worlds we could have a decent sleep rhythm," Not that she ever was used to a decent sleep rhythm, but she's heard they do wonders for stress. "It isn't like crossing between this town and the other one is hard."

[alwaysfaithful]

After slowly getting his bearings, Chris decided to to hop on the train from Traverse Town to Twilight Town. Seeing as he just had the clothes on his back and his Advent Deck with him, there was nothing to leave at the hotel. He had been resigned to the fact that his friends were not here. Just that his Komory Bat refused to get off his head, which was all sort of awkward.

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Wash picked up the blip on his motion tracker at about the same time Fang squeaked and flew over his shoulder. Good to know the bat was a good alarm, at least. He saw Chris leaving the station and nodded towards him in greeting. Fang, meanwhile, squeaked excitedly at the bat perched on Chris' head, intent on making new friends.

[earthshatter]

After spending a significant portion of his life in a sunless world, Aeleus had gotten rather used to the idea of night eternal. That said, one of the three of them was no doubt going to need to explore the new world sooner or later. Given that Even and Ienzo both had things that required their time, it was only logical that he take it on himself to do so.

The fact that he already had a certain familiarity with Twilight Town was unimportant. Assuming that the world was sleeping in the same manner that Traverse Town was meant to be sleeping, there would no doubt be Nightmares present and even beyond that there was certainly no reason to assume that things would be as they were when he'd last seen it. It was, after all, in the nature of worlds to change.

Unsurprisingly, it was Aeleus' Meow Wow that came to say hello first, bounding over in that particularly enthusiastic way that seems to almost be part of the nature of the entire species.

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Fang squeaked excitedly, flapping over to the Meow Wow. H! He hadn't met you before! Was your person looking around the new world too?

Fang's squeaking alerted Wash and he looked behind him. This was Aeleus, he remembered; he'd seen him on the network and Ienzo had mentioned him, but he hadn't actually talked to him yet. "Hey," he nodded in greeting. Might as well start things.

[earthshatter]

His person most certainly was, the Meow Wow gladly informed Fang. Besides, if it meant meeting more people, it wasn't going to complain.

Aeleus, on the other hand, was much more subdued about the whole affair, and just as well. Though he wouldn't deny it suited some people, he'd never been well-suited to it (and just as well, most likely). Instead, he offered a polite nod in return. "Good afternoon."

[allfunandgamesuntil]

York was happy enough to explore as long as he could, since this place had sunshine. It was an easy walk, though he had to wonder how anyone got out of the town. Maybe they didn't. He shook his head when Max took off running and headed after him; this place was too dangerous to let the meow wow wander.

"Hey, wait up!"

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Wash looked up at the yell. He'd had no idea York was coming too - he would've waited for him or met with him if he had. "York?"

Fang wheeled around and streaked after Max, easily keeping pace with the Meow Wow. Hey! Where're you going?

[allfunandgamesuntil]

Max stopped and barked up at Fang. He was just exploring! The sunshine felt so good, he felt like he could run forever, and Sparky and his person were being so slow.

"Yeah, I decided to come check things out after all. Max seemed to want some company."

[hiptobe_eraqus]

To be honest, Eraqus had quite missed the sunlight, too. While it wasn't quite the same as the rolling mountains of his own home world, having the light out there was an improvement and a comfort. While he intended to go back to Traverse Town on frequent occasions, he also felt he should likely stay here for awhile...and to whatever world most recently appeared. This world had to be here for a reason.

He stepped across the streets of Sunset Hill with Chuza and Kura in tow; both of them more than thrilled to get to explore someplace new. Even Chuza was displaying a lot more energy, bouncing about everywhere. For the moment, it seemed prudent to stake out a base of operations before really exploring.

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Wash picked up the blips on his motion tracker at the same time Fang started squeaking and flapped over to Chuza and Kura. Hi guys! Bright out here, isn't it?

Wash glanced over his shoulder, waiting for Eraqus to come closer before speaking up. "Hey. Ever seen this place before?" His immediate assumption was that anyone with a giant key probably knew more about these worlds than him. It hadn't steered him too wrong so far, even if quite a few of the answers he'd gotten had been cagey at best.

[hiptobe_eraqus]

Eraqus looked up first when Fang flew over to say hi to his two Spirits, and then spotted Wash not far behind. Chuza rolled over in response to Fang's squeaking, as if to indicate that all this sun was just perfect for napping in.

While Eraqus had been to a number of different worlds (some of them which Wash would likely find quite strange), this didn't happen to be one of them. "No, actually. I felt it would be good to do as much exploring as possible." And it looked like Wash had had the same idea.